The accused is appearing before this court charged with the crime of murder as defined in s 47 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. It being alleged that on 9 August 2023 he unlawfully caused the death of Cabangani Tshuma referred to as the deceased by striking him with a wooden log once on the head intending to kill him or realising that there was a real risk or possibility that his conduct may cause the death of the deceased and continued to engage in that conduct despite the risk or possibility. More
The accused person faces a charge of murder it being alleged that on the 9th of May 2016 and at house number 692/5 Mbizo, Kwekwe, the accused person unlawfully caused the death of Thelma Mashiri by striking her with an electric cable many times all over the body. The accused person pleaded not guilty to murder but tendered a limited plea to culpable homicide. The state counsel accepted that limited plea and the parties drew a statement of agreed facts that was tendered and marked Exhibit 1. More
1st applicant who holds herself out as the Acting President of the political formation known as the Movement forDemocratic Change (T) , hereinafter referred to as MDC-T, brought this application under a Certificate of Urgency. This is an application for an interdict. More
The applicant was arraigned before a magistrate sitting at Gweru on the 14th June 2018 facing a charge of contravening section 114 (2) of the Criminal Law (Codification & Reform) Act (Chapter 9:23), stock theft. The allegations being that on 8 October 2017 he stole two cows belonging to the complainant, one Nokuthaba Ndlovu. The applicant pleaded guilty to the offence and was duly convicted and sentenced to 9 years imprisonment after the court made a finding that there were no special circumstances warranting the imposition of a sentence less than the mandatory sentence as prescribed by law. The applicant... More
This is an urgent application. At the commencement of the hearing I informed the legal practitioners for the parties that I would first hear argument on the preliminary points raised by the 2nd respondent. After hearing argument on the preliminary points I reserved judgment. This is the judgment on the preliminary points raised by the 2nd respondent. More
